2023 F4 Spanish Championship

2023 F4 Spanish Championship

Drivers' Champion: Théophile Naël
Teams' Champion: MP Motorsport

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The 2023 F4 Spanish Championship was the eighth season of the F4 Spanish Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, based in Spain. It was the second full season in which the series is partnered with the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy. ^[1]

Entry list

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Rodin Carlin [2] 2 Noah Lisle [3] 1–2, 4–7 26 Alex Ninovic [3] R All 71 Federico Al Rifai [3] R All Campos Racing 3 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. [4] All 8 Matteo De Palo [5] R All 17 Enzo Deligny [6] R All 18 Andrés Cárdenas [7] R 2–7 23 Christian Ho [8] All 75 Noah Strømsted [9] All Saintéloc Racing 4 Théophile Naël [lower-alpha 1] [11] All 7 Luciano Morano [11] All 30 Theodor Jensen [12] All 31 Sebastian Murray R 5 MP Motorsport 5 Alvise Rodella [13] R All 14 Keanu Al Azhari [14] R All 22 Pedro Clerot [15] All 55 Valerio Rinicella [16] All 61 Thomas Strauven R 4 Valentin Kluss 5 Akshay Bohra G 7 66 Jerónimo Berrío [17] 1–5 Reno Francot [18] G 6 Dominique Dedecker G 7 Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones [19] 6 Hiyu Yamakoshi [20] R 2–3, 5–7 Dewey Richards [21] R 4 10 Lorenzo Castillo [21] RG 4–7 19 Eric Gené [22] R All 88 Griffin Peebles [23] R All Drivex 9 Georgy Zhuravskiy [N 1] [24] R 1–5 13 Daniel Nogales [25] 1–3 Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro [18] RG 6 21 Alexander Abkhazava [N 1] R All 54 Alexander Bolduev [N 1] [24] R 1, 3 69 Maximiliano Restrepo [26] R All 85 Juan Cota [27] R All GRS Team 11 Carl Bennett [28] 1–5 Daniel Maciá [29] 6–7 28 1–2 Isaac Barashi [30] R 4–7 72 Eloi González [30] RG 4 Gabriel Stilp [18] RG 6 Luis Carlos Pérez G 7 Monlau Motorsport 12 Pablo Sarrazin [31] All 33 Ricardo Gracia Filho [32] All 41 Fernando Barrichello [32] All 74 Lin Hodenius [33] R 2–7 Cram Motorsport 35 Flavio Olivieri [34] R All 36 Alessandro Silvaggi [35] R 2–3 Kai Daryanani [36] R 4–6 Gabriel Gomez RG 7 37 Filippo Fiorentino [18] RG 6–7

Icon Legend R Rookie F Female Trophy G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

• Eloi González was supposed to make his championship debut with Monlau Motorsport before entering the fourth round with GRS Team. ^[32]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 23 November 2022. The five rounds in Spain were organized by the RFEDA. The season opener at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was held in support of the 24H GT Series and the second abroad event took place at Circuito do Estoril. ^[37]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	5 May	Pedro Clerot	Christian Ho	Pedro Clerot	MP Motorsport	Keanu Al Azhari	Eurocup-3 24H GT Series
	R2		6 May	Keanu Al Azhari	Christian Ho	Pedro Clerot	MP Motorsport	Enzo Deligny
	R3		7 May	Valerio Rinicella	Matteo De Palo	Matteo De Palo [lower-alpha 2]	Campos Racing	Matteo De Palo
2	R1	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz	27 May	Christian Ho	Enzo Deligny	Enzo Deligny	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		28 May	Christian Ho	Enzo Deligny	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3			Matteo De Palo	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny
3	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	24 June	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Keanu Al Azhari	RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		25 June	Théophile Naël	Valerio Rinicella	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3			Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	MP Motorsport	Keanu Al Azhari
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	23 September	Andrés Cárdenas	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Andrés Cárdenas	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		24 September	Andrés Cárdenas	Andrés Cárdenas	Andrés Cárdenas	Campos Racing	Andrés Cárdenas
	R3			Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Andrés Cárdenas
5	R1	Circuito do Estoril, Estoril	30 September	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 TCR Spain Touring Car Championship Clásicos
	R2		1 October	Théophile Naël	Noah Strømsted	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3			Christian Ho	Pedro Clerot	Enzo Deligny	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	14 October	Christian Ho	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	MP Motorsport	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		15 October	Valerio Rinicella	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Matteo De Palo
	R3			Théophile Naël	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Matteo De Palo
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	11 November	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		12 November	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3			Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Matteo De Palo

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 30-minute races and for the top nine classified finishers in 25-minute races.

Races	Position, points per race
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
30-minute races	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1
25-minute races	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1			1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SPA ARA NAV JER EST CRT CAT Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Théophile Naël 7 3 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 19 3 18 2 314 2 Christian Ho 2 26 3 2 1 Ret 4 4 Ret 6 8 3 3 3 2 3 6 1 1 1 1 291 3 Valerio Rinicella 19 2 12 4 7 7 2 3 1 5 3 2 6 14 3 1 2 7 2 3 3 256 4 Enzo Deligny 22 4 16 1 2 2 Ret 2 Ret 3 2 6 2 2 1 5 4 4 4 2 DSQ 240 5 Matteo De Palo 9 7 1 7 5 3 15 Ret 6 4 7 8 7 4 9 7 3 2 6 6 4 171 6 Pedro Clerot 1 1 2 10 4 6 5 6 5 12 28 10 4 5 5 22 9 24 13 4 17 151 7 Noah Strømsted 4 6 DNS 3 6 4 3 8 2 Ret 5 9 12 6 13 20 Ret 5 5 5 8 135 8 Andrés Cárdenas 6 Ret 16 Ret 10 7 2 1 4 5 10 4 6 8 6 15 7 Ret 109 9 Keanu Al Azhari 3 Ret 4 30 8 5 6 5 4 9 13 5 14 7 19 13 7 8 10 11 6 100 10 Alex Ninovic 5 Ret 10 11 10 11 8 7 8 14 29 Ret 10 9 26 8 5 3 32† Ret 9 54 11 Noah Lisle 6 5 Ret 13 20 Ret 8 6 7 30 24 6 9 11 11 9 30† 19 44 12 Jerónimo Berrío 8 8 5 12 25† 8 7 11 12 7 9 14 15 Ret 12 33 13 Ricardo Gracia Filho 13 11 21 14 9 9 23 9 10 11 10 Ret 9 11 15 4 10 15 7 Ret 14 25 14 Hiyu Yamakoshi 9 DNS Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 19 10 14 12 9 8 17 7 19 15 Juan Cota 18 18 18 24 28† Ret 13 20 16 20 17 18 16 31 8 25 13 13 20 23 5 14 16 Valentin Kluss Ret 8 7 8 17 Fernando Barrichello 24 24 7 31† 22 Ret 24† 29 23 Ret 22 17 Ret 21 Ret 15 20 DSQ 18 Ret Ret 6 18 Daniel Nogales 10 20 8 Ret 27† 18 16 16 13 5 19 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 12 25 Ret 8 14 14 12 12 14 28† 11 12 20 Ret 14 18 31 20 27 19 25† 4 20 Alvise Rodella 20 Ret 14 23 17 10 10 17 9 Ret 15 23 19 16 18 19 25 12 19 10 16 4 21 Flavio Olivieri Ret 22 11 22 Ret 20 Ret 24 17 Ret 24 19 24 20 17 24 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 3 22 Federico Al Rifai 23 9 9 28 11 23 21 21 18 18 18 16 13 12 11 27 14 14 30 20 Ret 3 23 Pablo Sarrazin 21 16 Ret 19 12 27† 9 13 19 16 12 Ret 18 18 25 Ret 16 21 11 9 Ret 3 24 Alexander Abkhazava 15 19 20 17 15 12 11 28 11 13 33† 15 Ret 22 Ret 10 17 10 22 24 Ret 2 25 Griffin Peebles 17 17 17 15 13 15 18 18 20 10 14 25 26 17 16 26 27 16 23 16 13 1 26 Daniel Maciá 11 10 Ret WD WD WD 12 19 Ret Ret 14 15 0 27 Lin Hodenius 26 24 26† 20 26 25 29† 19 11 11 15 24 17 21 30 12 Ret DNS 0 28 Luciano Morano 16 13 15 16 19 13 14 19 21 21 32† 21 Ret 26 20 21 28 23 24 13 11 0 29 Alexander Bolduev Ret 12 Ret WD WD WD 0 30 Theodor Jensen 28 14 19 18 26† 22 DNS 15 15 15 31 20 22 13 21 16 22 29 14 12 24† 0 31 Eric Gené 25 21 13 21 18 17 19 23 Ret 22 16 22 17 23 22 23 24 Ret 17 26 23 0 32 Thomas Strauven Ret Ret 13 0 33 Carl Bennett 14 15 24† 20 16 19 17 22 22 26 20 Ret 27 29 Ret 0 34 Georgy Zhuravskiy 26 23 22 25 Ret 21 22 25 24 17 Ret 24 25 Ret Ret 0 35 Kai Daryanani 19 23 28 29 25 23 29 23 22 0 36 Isaac Barashi 25 30 29 28 30 Ret Ret 30 DSQ 25 21 22 0 37 Maximiliano Restrepo 27 27 23 27 23 25 Ret 27 DNS 27 21 Ret 23 27 Ret 28 Ret 26 29 29† Ret 0 38 Alessandro Silvaggi 29 21 24 WD WD WD 0 39 Sebastian Murray 21 28 Ret 0 40 Dewey Richards 23 25 30 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Reno Francot 11 15 17 – – Akshay Bohra 21 15 12 – – Gabriel Gomez 16 25 Ret – – Gabriel Stilp 30 18 18 – – Filippo Fiorentino Ret 29 25 31† 22 18 – – Lorenzo Castillo 24 26 26 WD WD WD Ret Ret 27 26 28 20 – – Luis Carlos Pérez 28 27 21 – – Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro Ret 26 28 – – Eloi González Ret 27 27 – – Dominique Dedecker WD WD WD – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts SPA ARA NAV JER EST CRT CAT

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish but classified Rookie

Teams' standings

Two best finishers scored points for their team. Bonus points are not counted.

Pos	Team	Points
1	MP Motorsport	460
2	Campos Racing Drivers Development	458
3	Campos Racing	409
4	Saintéloc Racing	303
5	Rodin Carlin	101
6	MP Motorsports	45
7	Monlau Motorsport	34
8	Drivex	21
9	Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones	18
10	Cram Motorsport	3
11	GRS Team	0
12	Drivex Academy	0

Notes

1. Bolduev and Zhuravskiy are Russian, but they compete under a Spanish and a Kyrgyz licence respectively as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abkhazava, a Russian-Georgian, competes under a Kazakh licence.

1. Naël is a French driver who competes under a Spanish licence. ^[10]
2. Rinicella finished as the first but received a 5 seconds penalty for overtaking outside the track limits. De Palo inherited the win.

References

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21. "Tecnicar welcomes Lorenzo Castillo and Dewey Richards for the Jerez round". Tecnicar Motorsport. 19 September 2023.
22. "Eric Gené Joins Tenicar Motorsport Solutions, Following in the Footsteps of his motorsport family". Tecnicar Motorsport Solutions. 27 March 2023.
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28. "Carl Bennett joins GRS Team for the upcoming F4 Spanish Championship season". GRS Team. 21 February 2023.
29. "Dani Maciá to race in Formula 4 Spanish Championship season opener with GRS Team". GRS Team. 3 May 2023.
30. "Isaac Barashi joins GRS Team for the remainder of F4 Spanish season". GRS Team. 18 September 2023.
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External links

• Official website